Desi speaking about herself in the third person...
I don't know if anyone else noticed but when Desi is talking to the pilot in the airfield hangar she actually refers to herself in the first person (she says: "Grandma and ME are going to write daddy a letter."), this is in the middle of the movie. Is this a mistake or was it deliberate by the film makers to make people say: "Ah, she said me!" Maybe Jodelle Ferland just made a mistake and they decided to leave it in because the scene was good and the benefits outweighed the importance of keeping it consistent that she talked about herself in the third person. Also, maybe they left it in just for the reason mentioned above.
However, as far as the story goes, this is a major goof, because it shows that Desi's displacement of her own identity is not consistent and therefore it may be even taken as a deliberate way of trying to get attention from her family in an odd way after she lost her father.
Also, one can discuss if a child would react in the way that the movie shows if they lost their father (talking about oneself in the third person).
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